Highmark Health reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(329 total reviews)
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David L. Holmberg

57% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

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3.0
Oct 31, 2025

Decent

Recommend
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Pros

The pay and benefits are decent.

Cons

They layoff all the time.

3.0
Oct 5, 2025

Retired just in time

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Pros

Great Benefits including Health, Life, Dental, Vision, FSA, 401K Match, STD, LTD, EAP and many more. Opportunity to earn a bonus each year based upon company goals.

Cons

This is a very corporate environment, and the work is very siloed. If you have not developed your skillset before working here, you will find it difficult to expand your knowledge. No job is safe from being sent overseas.

1.0
Oct 3, 2025

Use 'em while they use you

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pay and benefits are good if you negotiate My first two years, I laid low and collected a stupidly high salary for what I contributed The people who work there are decent humans for the most part, but they promote the wrong people

Cons

Hippocrites in the worst way. Like hormonal teenage mood swings. They constantly hire and lay people off on a whim without consideration to performance. They've sent thousands of jobs offshore yet talk about investing in the communities and bringing people back to the office to support the local economy. I once overheard a first time manager say that she only wanted to hire experienced people because she didn't want to train or coach anybody....what are you doing as a manager then? This was a common attitude, they promote the wrong people. I was in a promotion meeting where someone was promoted after several years because "it was coming" not because they were capable or because theyve demonstrated something. Just think about that. They promote people who have no business managing others. They don't cultivate their talent pipeline and they give away promotions! Strategy shifts based on spineless board members who are jockeying for their place in the Pittsburgh illuminati and very few "high level" leaders stick around. When I was there, the slogan was "government business is good business" so we moved a ton of resources over to assist with Medicare/Medicaid because there was heavy government reimbursement at that time.... as soon as political tides started to shift they didn't say anything or own their greedy decision to soak up government money. They just started moving people to their for profit subsidiaries and then laying them off. With the chaos, everyone is always fearful of being laid off or another strategic shift. Either they dont know who they are a an organization, or they know exactly who they are and don't care. Take a cue from the ivy league grads they give senior positions to.... use Highmark for your resume for 2-4 years and then get out! Glad I have it on my resume, but you couldn't pay me enough to go back.

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